Ranking system and ranking mehod

Abstract

OBJECT The object of the present invention is to provide a “ranking system” by noticing a relation between said “foreign language conversation communication ability” and “sports ability” and aims for an improvement of a communication ability in a foreign language. SOLVING MEANS The ranking system comprises a means for entering a sports field or a record or ranking thereof, a means for calculating a sport score from said record or ranking, a means for choosing a language, a means for entering the foreign language conversation communication ability, a means for calculating a language score from said foreign language conversation communication ability, a means for processing a ranking by comparing via network said sport score and said language score with data recorded and accumulated in a network server, and a means for displaying said ranking.

1 . A ranking system comprising: 
 a means for entering a sports field or a record or ranking thereof, a means for calculating a sport score from said record or ranking, a means for choosing a language, a means for entering the foreign language conversation communication ability, a means for calculating a language score from said foreign language conversation communication ability, a means for processing a ranking by comparing via network said sport score and said language score with data recorded and accumulated in a network server, and a means for displaying said ranking.    
     
     
         2 . The ranking system according to  claim 1 , wherein criteria for estimating the foreign language conversation communication ability comprise the lesson frequency and the conversation lesson time in language education facilities or network conversation lessons.  
     
     
         3 . The ranking system according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the criteria for estimating the foreign language conversation communication ability comprise an estimated level which is acknowledged by language education facilities or during network conversation lessons.  
     
     
         4 . The ranking system according to any one of  claims 1  to  3 , wherein, as to the resulted language score, said ranking system has a means for proposing information to improve a language score.  
     
     
         5 . The ranking system according to any one of  claims 1  to  4 , wherein the information offered by the above means for proposing information to improve a language score comprises a list of the words used in the sports field in which the entrant participates, an example sentence using the word(s), and a voice information reading aloud the above example sentence.  
     
     
         6 . The ranking system according to any one of  claims 1  to  5 , wherein the information offered by the above means for proposing information to improve a language score comprises an introduction of language education facilities and network conversation lessons.  
     
     
         7 . The ranking system according to any one of  claims 1  to  6 , wherein the contents of the resulted ranking are automatically delivered to the computers of a selector and an entrant by means of an information delivery means installed in a network server.  
     
     
         8 . The ranking system according to any one of  claims 1  to  7 , wherein the resulted ranking is employed as the criteria for selecting international sportsmen who are excellent in the sports ability and the foreign language conversation communication ability.  
     
     
         9 . The ranking system according to any one of  claims 1  to  7 , wherein the resulted ranking is employed as the criteria for selecting international instructors who are excellent in a special technology or skill and the foreign language conversation communication ability.  
     
     
         10 . The ranking system according to any one of  claims 1  to  9 , wherein said ranking is prepared by adding the above sport score and language score to the existing official ranking, a new ranking is prepared from the resulted ranking, and the new ranking is employed as the criteria for selecting a sportsman who has both of the sports ability and the foreign language conversation communication ability.  
     
     
         11 . A method of ranking sportsmen or instructors, which comprises: 
 a step for entering a sports field or a record or ranking thereof, a step for calculating a sport score from said record or ranking, a step for choosing a language, a step for entering the foreign language conversation communication ability, a -step for calculating a language score from said foreign language conversation communication ability, a step for processing a ranking by comparing via network said sport score and said language score with data recorded and accumulated in a network server, and a step for displaying said ranking.